The red crowned crane, a national first-class protected animal, generally symbolizes longevity and auspiciousness in Chinese culture.
From its appearance alone, the red crowned crane has a graceful and divine posture, with graceful fairy bones and a head adorned with a little cinnabar, making it a peerless and elegant fairy bird. But in fact, red crowned cranes are one of the dominant bird species, relying on their huge size and thick pointed beaks. In nature, red crowned cranes can even hammer eagles to the ground.
The elegance of the Red crowned Crane is only apparent, it can be quite fierce in real combat.
And there is a red crowned crane, which has the strongest combat power among the red crowned crane race, and no red crowned crane on the whole earth can beat it. In May 2016, there was a red crowned crane named "Lili" in Guangzhou Zoo. Due to a fight with other red crowned cranes and its low combat effectiveness, the bird's beak was directly broken by the opponent, and its upper beak was almost completely broken, looking very miserable.
After the zoo manager discovered it, he directly sent the red crowned crane to the local animal hospital for emergency treatment. After debridement and disinfection, the doctor performed a repositioning and fixation surgery on the broken upper beak of the "upright" bird, attempting to allow the beak to slowly heal on its own. But due to the severe damage and the fact that the bird did not know it could not touch its beak after surgery, the beak of the "upright" bird was severely infected. In order to save its life, the doctor was forced to amputate the beak of the "upright" bird, which was equivalent to a human amputation. The bird beak is the second life of the red crowned crane. After losing its upper beak, the crane cannot even feed on the small fish in front of it, let alone hunt. Zoo staff need to spend several hours a day slowly stuffing hundreds of loaches into the throat of "Lili" one by one, in order to barely sustain its life. But under normal circumstances, a red crowned crane can live up to sixty years old, while "Lili" was only six years old at the time. If "Lili" had to rely on artificial feeding to survive for the remaining fifty years, it would be too pitiful. To cure "Lili", the attending physician, 3D printing company, and South China University of Technology formed an elite team to carry out a special treatment. They plan to use 3D printing technology to print a bird beak that perfectly matches themselves for "Lili", so that "Lili" can live a normal life. Because this artificial bird beak needs to be light enough, otherwise birds cannot carry it; Be sturdy enough not to break when in use; It also needs to be corrosion-resistant and can last for decades. If it rusts after ten years, it will be troublesome, so titanium alloy material was ultimately chosen. The fine dimensions were measured and designed by South China University of Technology to ensure a perfect match for the "upright" lower beak. A total of 7 versions of the dimensions were designed, taking into account the anatomical structure, broken ends, and artificial mechanics of the upper beak of the red crowned crane.
Then the 3D printing company accurately printed 7 pairs of titanium alloy red crowned crane beaks based on the received size drawings.
After repeated comparison and testing, the seventh bird beak is perfectly adapted to "standing upright". On the afternoon of July 10th, the surgery began. With the assistance of various high-tech instruments, doctors accurately positioned and fixed the titanium alloy bird beak on the "upright" head.
In the end, the surgery was a perfect success, and the toughest and most indestructible red crowned crane beak in history was born.
After the surgery, the "upright" regained consciousness after the anesthesia effect faded, and gradually adapted to its new bird beak. In a very short time, it became familiar with this cross era weapon and successfully used this titanium alloy bird beak to catch a small fish in a bucket on its own.
The red crowned crane with a broken beak has no chance of survival in nature, and its fate is only a dead end. However, with the help of human high-tech, "Lili" has not only regained its ability to eat autonomously, but also its ability to hunt autonomously, and has completely resumed a normal life. But that's not the end of the matter yet, because this titanium alloy bird beak has brought more help to "Lili" than just feeding. This beak, which shines with a faint metallic luster, is too powerful, and "Lili" was able to fight with other red crowned cranes back then until his own beak broke, making him a naturally aggressive master.
Although the 'Li Li' of that time was combative, its strength was too poor. The bird's beak was directly interrupted by other cranes, and its power was lost. It could only wait for death in the Jedi. But now with the help of immortals, 'Lili' not only recovered to its original state, but also obtained a pair of immortal artifacts. This young man, who was once humiliated and defeated, underwent physical transformation in order to seek revenge. After enduring excruciating pain, he obtained a mechanical ascent and became the first crane in the world to achieve this feat. The Waizui Dragon King is just a plot in a novel, but 'Lili' is the standard Waizui Crane King.
After a complete recovery, "Lili" was released back to its original zoo. This red crowned crane was already aggressive, but now it has a super combat power that the entire race has never had before. In a very short period of time, "Lili" became the Crane King. Not only was the Red crowned Crane who once bullied "Lili" subdued, but all Red crowned Cranes were also subdued, and not a single Red crowned Crane was a match for "Lili". From then on, the king of the Red crowned Crane Clan appeared, with unparalleled combat power. After ascending to the throne, it proclaimed itself as Emperor Saibo, with the temple name Heti Zu. Subsequently, it was subjected to separate treatment by the zoo to protect other red crowned cranes.
